Monitoring all the symptoms of diarrhea can help you determine what may be the underlying cause, whether it’s a short bout of food poisoning or a sign of a more chronic condition such as irritable bowel syndrome or ulcerative colitis.

Diarrhea Resource

The BRAT diet has nothing to do with behavior, crooners, or 1980s movie stars. Rather, the term refers to a strict diet comprising a small list of foods that you should eat until your symptoms subside.

The stomach flu, a stomach bug, or a stomach virus. No matter what term we use, we are referring to gastroenteritis, which actually is not a type of flu at all. Gastroenteritis is an inflammation of the lining of the intestines caused by a virus, bacteria, or parasites.